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Raz Tsafrir
May 2, 20201 min read
Jerusalem, the City of David
Jerusalem goes back more than 3300 years to biblical times. We know from reading the bible and from external sources that there was a...
Raz Tsafrir
Apr 24, 20202 min read
Eilat, the Red Sea riviera
Eilat is a true riviera on the southern border of Israel and Egypt. Its location on the north part of the Red Sea makes it a perfect...
Raz Tsafrir
Apr 17, 20202 min read
Necropolis, the city of the dead
After the failed Jewish revolt against the Roman empire and the destruction of Jerusalem and the 2nd temple by Titus in 70 A.D, Jews were...
Raz Tsafrir
Apr 9, 20202 min read
Ramon Crater, the Negev desert
The Negev is Israels' main desert and home to many historical events from the ancient Nabataeans empire, to the 20th century Zionist...
Raz Tsafrir
Apr 3, 20202 min read
Hula Lake
The Hula Valley stretches between the Ramot ridge on the west, and the Golan Heights on the east, from the Ayun valley in the north to...
Raz Tsafrir
Mar 31, 20202 min read
Lower Galilee, Nazareth
Lower Galilee and the Izrael Valley date back to biblical times. Yael and Sisra, Gideon and the Mediyin, King Saul's last battle on the...
Raz Tsafrir
Mar 28, 20202 min read
The Arava and Eilat
The Arava is a plain on the Israel-Jordan boarder stretching 170 km, along route 90 from the Dead See to the Red Sea. On the east, it...
Raz Tsafrir
Mar 25, 20202 min read
The Dead Sea
The Dead Sea is the lowest point on earth at -432 meters and salt concentration of above 34%. It stretches for +100 km from Almog in the...
Raz Tsafrir
Mar 21, 20203 min read
The Golan Heights
The Golan in an elevated volcanic plateau stretching for 70 km from the Yarmouk rive in the south, to the Saar river in the north. The...
Raz Tsafrir
Mar 18, 20202 min read
Jordan Valley
The Jordan Valley stretches along the Jordan river between the Sea of Galilee in the north to the Dead Sea in the south for 110 km. There...
Raz Tsafrir
Mar 15, 20202 min read
Acre, the 2nd Crusader capital
Old Acre (Akko) was an ancient Canaanite town back in the 18th century BC, then conquered by the Phoenician. Its importance is in the...
Raz Tsafrir
Mar 14, 20202 min read
The town of Jesus
The Sea of Galilee is the cradle of Christianity, and home for many Byzantine era archaeological findings. Jesus and several of his...
Raz Tsafrir
Mar 12, 20202 min read
Incense road in the Negev desert
The Negev is Israels' main desert and home to a unique Zionist story of bringing life to a deserted place. The Negev was always a rural...
Raz Tsafrir
Mar 11, 20202 min read
Christian monasteries in Judea
Judea and Samaria are the cradle of Judaism. Tel Shiloh was the first spiritual city of the 12 Jewish tribes, and the location of the...
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